Dark Souls

I was expecting you to say "fuck this game"

I used the master key on a tower that went pretty far down, then I was destroyed by a giant, fat knight with a big ass club.

That's Havel. He drops a ring that give's you 50% more equip load. He actually not that hard, and he guards that door which is a nice shortcut.

Later you can get Havel's armor, weapon, and shield. See my pic of it a few pages back..

Ok here's my next lesson of shit that should have been explained but wasn't.

Equip Load - first off, you can see your equip load current/max in the stats screen. There are many different thresholds, having a higher equip load makes you move drastically slower.

Run and Roll Speed
The roll and run speed of the player will vary with the amount of equipped weight.

Equip Weight above 100% of total Equip Load leaves the player unable to roll and run.
Trying to roll or backstep at this weight will stun the character.
Equip weight above 50% and up to 100% of Equip Load gives slow movement, and causes the player to 'fat roll'.
Equip weight above 25% and up to 50% of Equip Load gives medium movement.
There are also two different speeds to medium rolls, above and below 37.5%.
Equip weight equal to and below 25% of Equip Load gives fast movement.
Equip weight below 25% also has 4 individual speeds:
The fastest speed is achieved at 0% equip. The only weapons with no weight are Dragon Body and the Pyromancy Flame.
The other speed ranges are from 0.1% to 8.3%, 8.4% to 16.6%, and 16.7% to 25%.


Stamina Regeneration
Your Encumbrance Level (0%, 25%, and 50%) and armor also affects the speed of your stamina regeneration. With higher Encumbrance Levels, your stamina regeneration is reduced.

Regardless of weapons or armor, regeneration is reduced at >50% and >100% encumbrance. With no other affecting items, regeneration is:
At 50-100%: -20% from normal
At >100%: -30.5% from normal
Heavy armor like Havel's Set, Smough's Set, and Stone Knight Set impede stamina regeneration at all encumbrance levels to some degree.
At 0-25%: -10.5% from normal
At 25-50%: -10.5% from normal
At 50-100%: -28.5% from normal
At >100%: -36.5% from normal
Some armors like the Steel Set also affect stamina regeneration at all encumbrance levels, but slightly less so than the heavy armors.
At 0-25%: -9.5% from normal
At 25-50%: -9.5% from normal
At 50-100%: -27.5% from normal
Other armors (mostly light, but also medium like Silver Knight Set) do not reduce regeneration themselves. Regeneration is still reduced like normal at >50% and >100% encumbrance.


-CO OP-- To do co op the helping player (phantom) must use the white soapstone, acquired from solair of astoria, to place down a sign saying he's looking to do co op. The host player must then become human (unhollowed) to see the sign in his world. To become unhollowed the host must have at least 1 humanity. (The number in top left corner, eat a humanity item to increase it) Once your humanity is at least 1 go to any bonfire and select "reverse hollowing," then I think finding and clicking on the phantom's sign will bring him into the host's world.

Progress is only saved for the host but the phantom (helper) still gets souls.

Supposedly the online is broken in the free version

www.reddit.com/r/darksouls/comments/2775w3/xbox_gold_free_version_online_working_for_anyone/

The real version had patches which improved the game which the free version does not. Also I was just confirmed you can not co op and be in a party or it will kick you. They wanted you to feel alone and use the gestures, you can still private chat though.

Also, since all you guys are playing the pre-patched version it is harder. Enemies have more health, do more damage, and drop less souls in this version but there are some OP items. You might want to wait till they fix it, but still d/l it now because soon you won't be able too.